MEDIA CLIPS
AUDIO: Arsalan’s NPR Commentary for Black History Month
Date Posted: February 10, 2011 by Arsalan Iftikhar February is Black History Month and NPR’s Tell Me More observes the month with a series of short vignettes. In this installment, regular contributor Arsalan Iftikhar shares his black history hero. Listen … Continue reading
AUDIO: Arsalan’s Commentary on NPR StoryCorps ‘Day of Listening’
Date Posted: November 23, 2010 As part of NPR StoryCorps National Day of Listening project, Tell Me More regular contributor Arsalan Iftikhar sits down with his father, Dr. Tariq Iftikhar, to share personal thoughts and stories that have shaped their … Continue reading
VIDEO: Arsalan on Al-Jazeera English (WikiLeaks Iraq Documents)
Date Posted: October 23, 2010 Arsalan Iftikhar live on Al-Jazeera English to discuss the 400,000 documents released by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks on the Iraq war. Watch 4-Minute Video of Arsalan on Al-Jazeera English Here:
Newspaper Article on Arsalan’s Keynote Speech @ Washington University
From Washington University Date Posted: September 17, 2010 By Ken Zheng Arsalan Iftikhar was a residential advisor at Washington University when a plane crashed into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Nine years later, Iftikhar writes a blog about … Continue reading
Arsalan in TIME Magazine Cover Story on Islamophobia
August 30, 2010 From TIME Magazine Cover Story (“Is America Islamophobic?”) “Islamophobia has become the accepted form of racism in America,” says Muslim-American writer and commentator Arsalan Iftikhar. “You can always take a potshot at Muslims or Arabs and get … Continue reading
VIDEO: Arsalan on Al-Jazeera English (“Ground Zero Mosque” Controversy)
Date Posted: August 22, 2010 Arsalan Iftikhar on Al-Jazeera English live on August 22, 2010 to discuss the New York City “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy. Watch 8-minute Video of Arsalan on Al-Jazeera English Television Here:
AUDIO: Arsalan on NPR ‘Weekend Edition’ on Islamophobia
Date Posted: August 21, 2010 The controversy surrounding the proposed mosque near Ground Zero is the most visible sign of what may be growing anti-Muslim sentiment around the country — from protests over proposed mosques in California and Tennessee to … Continue reading
VIDEO: Arsalan on Al-Jazeera English (Guantanamo Military Trials)
Date Posted: August 8, 2010 Arsalan Iftikhar on Al-Jazeera English live on August 8, 2010 to discuss the military commission tribunal case of child soldier Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay. Watch 6-minute video of Arsalan on Al-Jazeera English Television Here:
VIDEO: Arsalan on Al-Jazeera English (ACLU ‘No-Fly’ Lawsuit)
June 30, 2010 International human rights lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar and counter-terrorism expert Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on Al-Jazeera English (June 30, 2010) to discuss the ACLU lawsuit challenging the ‘No-Fly’ List. Watch 7-minute video of Arsalan on Al-Jazeera English Television Here:
AUDIO: Arsalan on BBC NewsHour (June 2010)
Date Posted: June 6, 2010 Arsalan Iftikhar and Mona Eltahawy on BBC World Service ‘NewsHour’ program on whether it is now ‘sexy’ and ‘cool’ to be Muslim in America. Listen to Arsalan’s Interview on BBC World Radio Here…